From Containers to Kubernetes on AWS: A Practical EKS Walkthrough

Online - Kubernetes Demo
Saturday, January 17 · 12:30 – 13:30
Time zone: Asia/Kolkata
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/frg-xyiq-kkd

Kubernetes has become the industry standard for running containerized applications — but for many developers, it still feels complex and abstract.
In this hands-on session, we’ll demystify Kubernetes by building and running a real, production-style application on Amazon EKS, step by step.
We’ll start with the why — how we moved from VMs to containers, and why Kubernetes emerged as the orchestration layer of choice. Then we’ll explore core Kubernetes concepts like Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, and Persistent Volumes — not as theory, but through a live demo.
You’ll see:

• How a frontend, backend, and PostgreSQL database run on EKS
• How Kubernetes handles networking, service discovery, and storage
• How AWS integrations like ALB Ingress and EBS CSI fit into the picture
• How Kubernetes achieves self-healing, scaling, and resilience
• What happens when pods or nodes fail — and how the system recovers automatically

We’ll also briefly compare Amazon ECS vs EKS, discuss where Kubernetes fits in the CNCF ecosystem, and share a practical learning path for developers getting started.
This session is ideal for:

• Developers new to Kubernetes
• AWS users curious about EKS
• Engineers who want to understand Kubernetes